Hello everyone,

 

James Grey here. I lied. One last update.

 

Registration is both at the HS and the MS. You only need to register/check-in at one school.

 

Entrance to the high school is the set of three doors across from the parking lot. I would drop students off there. When you enter in, follow the hallway to the rotunda and you should see the registration table.

 

For the middle school, the entrance is the front entrance, not any side entrances. Students may be dropped off there and parking is on the side of the building. Registration should be noticeable right as you enter in.

 

And we can take payments tomorrow but we will also accept payment by mail after the tournament.

 

Thank you for your patience. We look forward to a great tournament! Let the games begin.

 

Thursday, January 16, 2025: Final Update + Judge Info

 

1. The waitlist has been cleared. We were able to admit most entries! Yay!

2. The debate rounds are now SINGLE-FLIGHTED!

3. That said, speech (including Congress) is at the high school and debate is at the middle school, just to clarify.

4. N - LD and JV - LD have been collapsed to JV - LD!

5. N - Parli, JV-Parli, and V-Parli have been collapsed to Parli!

6. There's been some issues regarding triple-entering and entering speech and debate categories at once. I'd just like to remind everyone that for this tournament, as part of the NJSDL, you cannot enter your students into more than two speech categories and you cannot enter students into speech and debate at the same time. We've taken care of anyone who wasn't within the rules, but just so you know!

See you soon!

JUDGE INFO

Thank you all so much for your help in judging at this tournament.

The live doc with all tournament information: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VsovOVVSJLxwiG-Pf5Hc3ZbaRJ5w0pqyzlAO80-Om7I/edit?tab=t.0

SPEECH
The high school address:
Montville Township High School
100 Horseneck Road,
Montville NJ 07045

(parking is in the front)
Maps will be available by students

Tabroom is Room 103 near the cafeteria.
Judge's meeting: 8:30 AM in the judges’ lounge.
Judge's lounge: Room 100 by the cateteria

Need help?
*Please text before you call!*
James Grey (Head Coach): 973-487-6977 OR jamesnidagrey@gmail.com
*Please contact first for questions regarding fees, registration, or
otherwise

Anika Bijala (Tournament Director): 732-397-0530 OR anibijala@gmail.com
*Stationed at MTHS

DEBATE
The middle school address:
Robert R. Lazar Middle School
123 Changebridge Rd
Montville, NJ 07045

(parking is on the left/back with some spaces in the front)
Maps will be available by students

Tabroom is Room 14 near the cafeteria
Judge's meeting: 8:30 AM in the judges’ lounge.
Judge's lounge: annex in the cafeteria

Need help?
Michael Miller (Middle School): 973-610-7790 OR michael.miller@montville.net
*Please contact first for questions regarding the competition at  Lazar
Raihanna Shamsudin (Tournament Director): 973-262-1537 OR raihannasham@gmail.com
*Stationed at Lazar Middle School

 

Registration Opens: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 12 PM.

Entries Due: Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 6 PM.

Waitlist Clears: Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 7 PM.

Add/Drop Fees Begin After: Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 6 PM.

 

Congress Legislation is up!

 

You can access it here: CONGRESS LEGISLATION

 

Or you can access it in the uploaded files section on the registration page!

 

1. We have a live doc here: LIVE DOC

 

2. There were some issues with fees past a due date; those have all been cleared and the date updated. Thanks to everyone who brought it to my attention.

 

3. CONGRESS BILLS: Please have your teams/students submit congress bills to jamesnidagrey@gmail.com by 6:00pm on Sunday, January 5th, 2025. IF YOU SENT ONE, PLEASE SEND IT AGAIN! THE OTHER EMAIL WAS INCORRECT! We will have legislation posted by the end of day on Monday, January 6th.

 

The Montville Township High School Forensics Team would like to invite you to our annual Invitational Tournament on Saturday, January 18, 2025! 

 

Check-in time for all teams will be from 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM. There will be a mandatory judge meeting at 8:30 AM. Round 1 is scheduled to start at 9:00 AM, and we are planning to hold awards at 5:30 PM.

 

We will be offering competition in 14 different events:

Original Oratory (N, V)

Declamation (N, V)

Dramatic Interpretation (N, V)

Humorous Interpretation (N, V)

Oral Interpretation (N, V)

Program Oral Interpretation (N, V)

Impromptu Speaking (N, V)

Improvisational Acting (N, V)

Informative Speaking (N, V)

Duo Interpretation (N, V)

Extemporaneous Speaking (N, V)

Congress (V)

Public Forum Debate (N, JV, V)

Lincoln-Douglas Debate (N, JV, V)

Parliamentary Debate (N, JV, V)

 

 

Registration is now open! You can register a maximum of six entries per school per category.  Additional entries will be placed on a waitlist until January 13, 2025, when we can review additional entries based on tournament size.

 

 

DEADLINES

Registration Opens: Tuesday, December 16 2025 at 12 PM.

Entries Due: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 3 PM.

Add/Drop Fees Begin After: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 3 PM.

 

 

FEES

Checks should be made payable to Montville Township Student Activity Account (with Forensics 1949 in notes) and should be mailed to c/o Janice Nasisi, Montville Township High School, 100 Horseneck Road, Montville, NJ 07045.

 

School Registration: $30

Individual Speech Event: $15

Duo Entries: $25

Parli/PF Debate: $25

LD Debate: $20

Late Add Fee: $20

Drop Fee: $10

Judge Drop Fee: $30

Missing Judge Fee: $150

 

Payment after the tournament is acceptable.

 

 

JUDGES

Speech: One judge is required per 5 speech/congress competitors, or fraction thereof.  No student judges are allowed in speech.

 

Debate: One judge is required per 2 LD debaters, or fraction thereof.  One judge is required per 2 PF/Parli teams, or fraction thereof. Student debaters with at least 2 full years of experience may judge Novice LD, Novice PF, and/or Novice Parli only; however, these judges need to be marked as a "student judge" in their judge notes. Student judges cannot be used to fulfill obligations for varsity entries. Please let your judges know that they are obligated for the entire tournament, including potential final rounds. If you have judges who are able to judge without conflict, please mark them as "clean' in the drop-down menu.  Finally, in order to ensure a smooth experience, please train your judges in the category they are registered in prior to the tournament.

 

EVENTS

PF, LD, and Parli will have four preliminary rounds, with a possibility of finals if time permits.  All speech events will have three preliminary rounds and then a final round. 

 

NOTE: THERE IS NO DISTRICT CONGRESS AT MONTVILLE THIS YEAR!

 

Looking forward to you all!

 

James Grey, Head Coach

Ilia Pizarro, Assistant Head Coach

Montville Township High School

 

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